Elizabeth+Strobel

On January 4, 1924, 28-year-old Elizabeth Strobl, wife of John Strobl, died in Chicago's Columbus Hospital from complications of an illegal abortion performed that day.

Mrs. Anna Wenzig, whose profession is not given, was arrested January 15 for Elizabeth's death.

Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in this era, see [|Abortion in the 1920s].

For more on pre-legalization abortion, see [|The Bad Old Days of Abortion] On June 15 she was indicted for felony murder by the grand jury. Source:


 * [|Homicide in Chicago Interactive]

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